F1 Race Score & Strategy Tracker
Track an F1 race as you watch: running order, tires, pit stops and gaps — with live championship points deltas and undercut strategy math. Fully local.
How to Use
The F1 Race Score & Strategy Tracker is a manual race companion. While you watch a Grand Prix, it turns your own observations — running order, tire choices, pit stops, gaps — into live championship math and strategy estimates. There is no live timing feed and no network connection: you are the data source, and everything is computed instantly in your browser.
How to use this tool
- Set the scene: Enter the track name and update the lap counter as the race progresses. Your entries are saved automatically on this device.
- Track the order: The 20-driver grid starts in a default lineup. Drag rows or use the arrow buttons to reorder drivers as positions change on track. Click a driver's name to load them into the strategy panel.
- Log the details: For each driver, pick the tire compound (S/M/H/I/W), set the tire age in laps, count pit stops with the stepper, type the gap to the leader, and flag the fastest-lap holder with the lightning button.
- Watch the points: The right-hand panels show projected race points for the selected driver and a full championship delta table once you enter pre-race standings.
- Play strategist: In the strategy panel, check the pit-window status of any tire and run the undercut/overcut estimator against the car ahead.
Reading the panels
Each row shows a colored bar for the driver's team, their current tire compound badge, tire age, stop count, gap field, fastest-lap toggle, and the points that position is currently worth. The championship delta table compares pre-race points (expand the editor to enter them, or load the example set) against the live order: green arrows are positions gained, red are lost. The tire-life bar turns from blue to green inside the pit window, amber past the tire's expected life, and red when it is critically overdue.
About This Tool
A race engineer's notepad, minus the pit wall
Modern F1 broadcasts show live timing towers, but they rarely answer the questions fans actually argue about: "If Norris wins, does he take the title lead?" or "Is the undercut powerful enough here to jump the car ahead?" This tool answers both. It applies the current FIA scoring system — 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, plus one point for fastest lap inside the top ten — to whatever order you enter, then recomputes the championship picture in real time.
The strategy estimates use transparent heuristics rather than a black box. Stint-life figures (soft ≈ 18 laps, medium ≈ 28, hard ≈ 38, intermediate ≈ 30, wet ≈ 25) are typical calendar-wide averages, and the undercut model combines a fresh-tire out-lap gain (~1.4s) with a per-lap pace advantage (~0.6s) against the gap and any traffic penalty. Real teams run far richer simulations, but these ballpark numbers capture the logic of why a stop "works" or fails — which makes them ideal for learning race strategy as you watch.
Why Use This Tool
Why track manually instead of using live timing?
Live timing apps require subscriptions, constant connectivity, and a second screen full of numbers. A manual tracker is deliberately different: entering positions and pit stops yourself keeps you engaged with the race, works with a delayed broadcast or a highlight reel, and doubles as a sandbox for "what-if" scenarios — drag a driver to P1 and instantly see whether it changes the championship leader. Fantasy league players and watch-party hosts can score hypothetical outcomes without waiting for official results.
Private by design, offline by default
The tracker makes zero network requests after the page loads — you can verify that in your browser's network inspector. Race state, pre-race standings, and strategy inputs persist in localStorage on your device only, so you can close the tab at the safety car and resume at the restart. No accounts, no uploads, and the Reset button wipes the slate for the next Grand Prix.
Built for the second screen
The dashboard layout is tuned for a laptop or tablet beside the TV: large touch targets, high-contrast team and tire colors, keyboard-friendly reorder arrows, and a sticky standings table that stays readable at a glance. Dark mode is fully supported, so the panel will not light up the room during a night race.